Subject Area: Human body, Science Grade Level: 3 Text Connection: A Book About Your Skeleton by Ruth Belov Gross, Scholastic, Inc., 1978, ISBN# 978-0590-48312-9
Procedure: Read the book together. Take time to talk about different parts of the body and how people are able to move. Ask questions throughout the process to be sure that the student understands. Help students make connections with how their bones and muscles work together. When you are finished reading the book, play the game using the directions below. Choose a vocabulary activity to reinforce meaning.
Game Directions:
1. Roll die and pick up a card.
2. The player reads the card and if he answers it correctly, he can move that number of spaces.
3. Two or more players can be on the same space.
4. Continue to play until player reaches the finish. See who comes in second, third, etc.
Answers to True and False Game: 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. F
7. T 8. F 9. T 10. F 11. T 12. F
13. F 14. T 15. F 16. T 17. T 18. F
19. T 20. T 21. T 22. F 23. T 24. F
Reading A-Z resources: Inside Your Body Level M
Get Moving: All About Muscles Level U
Brain Pop Jr. resources: Bones
Exercise
Additional resources: The Skeletal System by Helen Frost, Capstone Press, 2000, ISBN # 978-0736887816 The Muscular System by Helen Frost, Capstone Press, 2000, ISBN# 978-0736887786
Subject Area: Human body, Science
Grade Level: 3
Text Connection:
A Book About Your Skeleton by Ruth Belov Gross, Scholastic, Inc., 1978, ISBN# 978-0590-48312-9
Vocabulary: Human body Vocabulary Cards
See vocabulary activities
Activity: Human Body Board Game
Materials: Human body game board, question cards, die (1-3), markers for 2-4 players, answers listed below
Procedure: Read the book together. Take time to talk about different parts of the body and how people are able to move. Ask questions throughout the process to be sure that the student understands. Help students make connections with how their bones and muscles work together. When you are finished reading the book, play the game using the directions below. Choose a vocabulary activity to reinforce meaning.
Game Directions:
1. Roll die and pick up a card.
2. The player reads the card and if he answers it correctly, he can move that number of spaces.
3. Two or more players can be on the same space.
4. Continue to play until player reaches the finish. See who comes in second, third, etc.
Answers to True and False Game:
1. T 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. F
7. T 8. F 9. T 10. F 11. T 12. F
13. F 14. T 15. F 16. T 17. T 18. F
19. T 20. T 21. T 22. F 23. T 24. F
Reading A-Z resources:
Inside Your Body Level M
Get Moving: All About Muscles Level U
Brain Pop Jr. resources:
Bones
Exercise
Additional resources:
The Skeletal System by Helen Frost, Capstone Press, 2000, ISBN # 978-0736887816
The Muscular System by Helen Frost, Capstone Press, 2000, ISBN# 978-0736887786